Portland’s best blues artists play throughout the week at North Portland’s Mock Crest Tavern, a working class neighborhood bar on NoPo’s Lombard Street.
Lighthouses of the Columbia River
Fierce weather conditions, rocky shores, and ever-shifting sandbars create the perfect conditions for ship wrecks, and if you peel back the waters you’ll find over a hundred years of maritime traffic that did not make it through this dangerous barrier at the mouth of the Columbia River.
The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
To get my springtime nature fix I hop in the car and head out on Highway 99W to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refugein Sherwood, Oregon.
The Food Cart Craze Comes to Beaverton
Beaverton, Portland’s Southwest neighbor, may not be as famous for its foodie scene, but with the opening of the new BG Food Cartel, this family-friendly food pod is now ready to stake its claim on the metro area’s well-established food cart reputation.
Helvetia Tavern is Ready for the Next Generation of Burger Lovers
Once a local biker bar, motorcycles now share their parking spaces with bicycles thanks to the active Helvetia Bike Loop that brings cyclists of all kinds right to the tavern’s doors.